Quotes about disappointment
disappointment sadness people
You really didn't see the sadness or the longing unless you already knew it was there. But that was the trick, wasn't it? Everyone had their disappointment and their baggage; only, some people carried it in their inside pockets and not on their backs. Maggie Stiefvater
disappointment thinking wish
It's okay," Puck says. She has a quick way of hiding her disappointment. If you're not looking for it, she's put it away somewhere before you know it was there. "You're busy." "No," I tell her. "No, I'll think about it. I'm not sure if I can get away." I don't know wheat I'm thinking. I cannot find the time to get away. I'm not a good dinner companion. But it's hard to think of that. Instead I'm wishing that I'd spoken sooner, before I'd seen her disappointment.
disappointment long and-love
Life often seems like a long shipwreck of which the debris are friendship, glory, and love. - The shores of existence are strewn with them. Madame de Stael
disappointment pain heart
After the pain of this disappointment her heart once more stood empty, and the succession of identical days began again. Gustave Flaubert
disappointment spring heart
No man, with a man's heart in him, gets far on his way without some bitter, soul-searching disappointment. - Happy he who is brave enough to push on another stage of the journey, and rest where there are "living springs of water, and three-score and ten palms." John Brown
disappointment culture adults
The main emotion of the adult American who has had all the advantages of wealth, education, and culture is disappointment. John Cheever
disappointment new-beginnings years
Thou waitest for the spark from heaven! and we, Light half-believers of our casual creeds, Who never deeply felt, nor clearly will'd, Whose insight never has borne fruit in deeds, Whose vague resolves never have been fulfill'd; For whom each year we see Breeds new beginnings, disappointments new; Who hesitate and falter life away, And lose to-morrow the ground won to-day Ah! do not we, wanderer! await it too? Matthew Arnold
disappointment winning order
In order to win, we pay with energy and effort and discipline. If we lose, we pay in disappointment, discontent, and lack of fulfillment. Maya Angelou
disappointment years beijing
It took years, honestly, to deal with the disappointment of Beijing. Ryan Hall
disappointment blessed parent
Anxiety is the poison of human life; the parent of many sins and of more miseries. In a world where everything is doubtful, and where we may be disappointed, and be blessed in disappointment, why this restless stir and commotion of mind? Can it alter the cause, or unravel the mystery of human events? Tryon Edwards
disappointment past rivers
I shall take all the troubles of the past, all the disappointments, all the headaches, and I shall pack them in a bag and throw them in the East River. Trygve Lie
disappointment dark past
A person who sets his or her mind on the dark side of life, who lives over and over the misfortunes and disappointments of the past, prays for similar misfortunes and disappointments in the future. If you will see nothing but ill luck in the future, you are praying for such ill luck and will surely get it. (Prentice Mulford) Rhonda Byrne
disappointment revenge growth
The hope that fuels the pursuit of endless economic growth - that billions of consumers in India & China will one day enjoy the lifestyles of Europeans and Americans - is as absurd & dangerous a fantasy as anything dreamt up by Al-Qaeda. It condemns the global environment to early destruction & looks set to create reservoirs of nihilistic rage & disappointment among hundreds of millions of have-nots - the bitter outcome of the universal triumph of Western Modernity, which turns the revenge of the East into something darkly ambiguous, and all its victories truly Pyrrhic. Pankaj Mishra
disappointment causes prejudice
I know the cause of all human disappointment -- worldly prejudice. Percy Bysshe Shelley
disappointment believe frustration
When too many Americans don't vote or participate, some see apathy and despair. I see disappointment and even outrage. And I believe that out of this frustration can come hope and action. Paul Wellstone
disappointment thinking promise
I've had a lot of disappointments. I think my biggest disappointment is the failure of elected officials to make good on their promises in regards to the environment or anything else, really. I have very little faith in politicians. Paul Watson
disappointment sacrifice joy
Life is life, and one has experiences that are painful and some that are very pleasant, and one has reward and sacrifice and more reward and disappointment and joy and happiness, and it's always going to be the same. Mel Gibson
disappointment essence luck
You're always a little disappointing in person because you can't be the edited essence of yourself. Mel Brooks
disappointment hands expectations
Yes, disappointment over perceived unfairness, injustice, promises not kept, tends to go hand in hand with increasing prosperity. Expectations are dashed. What can I say! Mary Douglas
disappointment attitude responsibility
Faced with today's problems and disappointments , many people will try to escape from their responsibility. Escape in selfishness, escape in sexual pleasure, escape in drugs, escape in violence, escape in indifference and cynical attitudes. I propose to you the option of love, which is the opposite of escape. Pope John Paul II
disappointment moving simple
The simple solution for disappointment depression Get up and get moving. Physically move. Do. Act. Get going. Peter McWilliams
disappointment children ambition
When I was a child I wanted to be Pope. My greatest disappointment is missing out on that. I also wanted to be a tap dancer but I never fulfilled that ambition either. Peter Ackroyd
disappointment daggers flaws
He sharpened his flaws and disappointments into daggers. Pete Wentz
disappointment despair tools
Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way. Paulo Coelho
disappointment light break-off
If you light upon an impertinent talker, that sticks to you like a bur, to the disappointment of your important occasions, deal freely with him, break off the discourse, and pursue your business. Plutarch
disappointment keys doe
The Bible never belittles human disappointment ... but it does add one key word: temporary. Philip Yancey
disappointment reality thinking
We tend to think, 'Life should be fair because God is fair.' But God is not life. And if I confuse God with the physical reality of life- by expecting constant good health for example- then I set myself up for crashing disappointment.
disappointment regret persistence
We never really know and the very fact that there are such words in the language as disappointment, regret, etc., is testimony to the pervasiveness and persistence of this feature of the human condition. Thomas Sowell
disappointment used inevitable
Change is inevitable, though," he replied. "As is disappointment. Best to get used to it now. Sarah Dessen
disappointment mean people
I mean, at first, it was kind of disappointing. But people recover from disappointment. Otherwise we'd all be hanging from nooses. Right?
disappointment world shifting
There are some things in this world you rely on, like a sure bet. And when they let you down, shifting from where you've carefully placed them, it shakes your faith, right where you stand.
disappointment done constant
What keeps me going is a constant sense of disappointment with what I've already done... Robert Wyatt
disappointment rain phones
They'll be days like this" my momma said. When you open your hands to catch, and wind up with only blisters and bruises. When you try to step out of the phone booth and try to fly , and the very people you want to save, are the ones standing on your cape. When your boots will fill with rain, and you'll be up to your knees with disappointment And those are the very days you have all the more reason to say "Thank you". Sarah Kay